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Original Preservation Natural mummification by drying
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Unaltered Preservation Amber Deposits
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Unaltered Preservation Bison and Woolly Mammoth Skin and Hair
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Permineralization/Petrification Common preservation in wood and bone Which image is the altered/permineralized bone?
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Petrification Petrified wood from the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona
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Replacement Silica replacement of carbonate shell What kind of animal is this?
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Replacement Note new mineral that has replaced carbonate shell What kind of fossil animal is shown?
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Carbonization Common in plants and animal soft parts
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Molds and Casts What kind of animal is shown by this fossil?
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Molds/Impressions What animals are shown by the impressions?
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Trace Fossils Burrows Indicate movement, activity of organism
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Trace Fossils Coprolites
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Trace Fossils Footprints, trackways Note molds and casts
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